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The Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film (CPCF) at @brocku.ca examines the impact of media and communication in the creation of meaning, identity, and social change.
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This is your space to stay connected with the department and conversations around communication, media, and culture.

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2026 Oscar nominations are out! A great time to celebrate our love of cinema and the conversations it inspires. From Ecocinema to Popular & Canadian Cinema, Authorship, and Film History, CPCF dives deep this term into film’s art & impact.

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2026 Oscar nominations: The complete list of nominees
The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, with "Sinners" leading the field with 16 total nominations. Here's the full list of 2026 Oscar nominees.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Theories of Authorship (FILM 3P93) continues its study of François Truffaut with Fahrenheit 451 (1966).

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#CPCF #BrockU #Truffaut #FilmStudies #Cinema
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January 22, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Today in Introduction to Communications and Media (COMM 1P92), Dr. Chen is looking at perspectives on the media through the Canadian context.

#CPCF #BrockU #CommunicationStudies #MediaStudies #CanadianCulture
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Today, for the Internship in Communications (COMM 4F00), @katejcassidy.bsky.social is discussing résumés and LinkedIn. How do these professional materials communicate identity and fit?

How do you translate who you are into what employers need?

#CPCF #BrockU #Internship #BusinessCommunication
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Today in Canadian Cinema, Dr.Lester is discussing Canadian content, streaming, and bill C-11. The film screened this week will be The Apprentice (Ali Abassi, 2024).

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#CPCF #BrockU #CanadianCinema #FilmStudies
FNC 2024 | The Apprentice (Ali Abbasi)
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January 20, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Today in Intro to Communication and Media Studies, Dr. Chen is discussing the evolution of media and media revolutions in Canadian society.

#CPCF #BrockU #Communication #CommStudies #MediaStudies
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
In the Internship in Communication (COMM 4F00) class this week, @katejcassidy.bsky.social is discussing storytelling.

What does your past story indicate about your future. What is your book about, and what might future chapters bring?

#CPCF #BrockU #Internship #CommunicationStudies
January 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
In the third-year Canadian Cinema course (FILM 3P56), Dr. Lester is looking at the contemporary Canadian film industry and screening 1991 (Ricardo Trogi, 2018).

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#CPCF #BrockU #FilmStudies #CanadianCinema #CanadianStudies
1995 (Ricardo Trogi) - Bande annonce
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January 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Today in Popular Cinema (FILM 2P94), Dr. Nebesio is talking about blockbuster storytelling in Classical Hollywood, and screening Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959).

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#CPCF #BrockU #ClassicCinema #FilmStudies
Ben-Hur (1959) Official Blu-Ray Trailer - Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd Movie HD
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January 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Today in Ecocinema (FILM 4P58), Dr. Milliken is screening Soylent Green (Richard Fleisher, 1973) and discussing its apocalyptic vision of an overpopulated future along with other eco-disaster films of the 1970s.

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#CPCF #FilmStudies #BrockU #Environmentalism #EcoCinema
Soylent Green (1973) Official Trailer - Charlton Heston, Edward G Robinson Movie HD
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January 12, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Today Dr. Michelle Chen introduces the first year CPCF students to Communication and Media Studies (COMM 1P92) with the question: Why study the Media?

#CPCF #BrockU #CommunicationStudies #CanadianUniversity
January 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
In the Internship program (COMM 4F00) today, @katejcassidy.bsky.social is discussing branding and portfolios. Students will think about bringing together who they are with what they do.

What do you stand for, and how will others know?
January 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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#BrockU Assistant Professor of @brockucpcf.bsky.social Michelle Chen spoke to @theglobeandmail.com about the role of social media in uprisings involving young people.

Read more ➡️ www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Gen Z helped topple governments around the world in 2025. What comes next?
From Nepal to Peru, movements with disparate causes fought corruption and inequality, sometimes with deadly consequences
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January 5, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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#BrockU Associate Professor Liz Clarke in @brockucpcf.bsky.social discusses the acquisition drama unfolding around #WarnerBros, #Netflix and #Paramount — and what it could mean for consumers.

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Blockbuster Warner Bros. deal latest in storied history of studio power plays
When Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced a showstopping US$72 billion sales deal last week, Liz Clarke took notice. The Brock University Associate Professor of Popular Culture and Film ...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today in the Internship program (COMM 4F00), @katejcassidy.bsky.social is discussing collaboration, conflict and feedback. The students will learn to manage tension and co-create outcomes in complex relational settings.

How do you respond when collaboration gets uncomfortable?

#CPCF #Internship
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In Dr.Nebesio's Film History class (FILM 2P90), they are looking at Europe in the 30s and watching Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (Jean Renoir, 1936).

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#CPCF #BrockU #FilmHistory #Renoir #FrenchCinema
Le crime de Monsieur Lange 1936 Trailer | René Lefèvre
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November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today in Canadian Cinema (FILM 2P56), the students are discussing Animation and the Canadian Experimental
Tradition and screening Window Horses (Anne Marie Fleming, 2016).

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#CPCF #BrockU #animation #CanadianCinema
Window Horses Trailer - Coming Soon 2016
YouTube video by World According to Stickgirl
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November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In Documentary Cinema (FILM 2F54), Dr.Milliken is showing All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras, 2022), and discussing Art vs Big Pharma.

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#CPCF #BrockU #Documentary #Cinema #BigPharma #addiction
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed - Official Trailer (2022) Nan Goldin
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November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It's the penultimate week of Crisis Communication (COMM 4P57), and Dr. Koerber is speaking about old and new media channels, social media, response factors and narrative.

#CPCF #BrockU #CommunicationStudies #CrisisCommunication
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In Interpersonal Communication (COMM 2P55), Dr Dun is discussing bridging cultural differences, Individualism & Collectivism.

#CPCF #BrockU #CulturalDifferences #CommunicationStudies #Individualism
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today, Dr. Kinik and the first year film students (FILM 1F94) are discussing formalism and looking at Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)

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#CPCF #BrockU #FilmStudies #Formalism
Rushmore (1998) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
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November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today in Gender & Contemporary Cinema (FILM 3P98), Dr.Milliken is talking about space, place and race. The screening is Berry Jenkins' Oscar-winning film Moonlight (2016).

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#CPCF #BrockU #Gender #Race #FilmStudies #Cinema
Moonlight | Official Trailer HD | A24
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November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Today in the Internship class (COMM 4F00), @katejcassidy.bsky.social is looking at teams and how communication creates structure and space for individual agency.

What norms might you not see and to what effect, and how are you communicating your own role?

#CPCF #Teams #BusinessCommunication
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In Film History (FILM 2P90) Dr.Nebesio is continuing the discussion on sound film, the American studio system and its major figures. The screening will be My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936).

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#CPCF #BrockU #ClassicHolywood #FilmStudies #Cinema
My Man Godfrey (1936) Official Trailer - William Powell, Carole Lombard Movie HD
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November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today in Canadian Cinema (FILM 2P56) Dr.Lester is talking about Indigenous Cinema and screening Rhymes for Young Ghouls (Jeff Barnaby, 2014).

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#CPCF #BrockU #CanadianCinema #FilmStudies #IndigenousCinema
Rhymes for Young Ghouls Trailer 1 (2014) - Drama Movie HD
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November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM